Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1890 — Hotel Colfax, Colfax Springs, Iowa. [ARTICLE]

Hotel Colfax, Colfax Springs, Iowa.

This popular resort (on the site of the famous “Old M. CL” Mineral Sprine) has been put in complete order for the Grand Opening, Saturday, June 7. tor the season ot 189 U. The fact that the management of this hotel has been placed in charge of the well-known caterer, Frank Stewart (Supt. Dining Cur Seivice on the Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific Ry.) . is a sufficient guarantee that it will be conducted in a firstclass manner, and that guests will receive every possible attention and coinfort. The prospects for a " ull house” are already very flattering. Write and secure accommodations at cnee before the midsummer rush commences.

Abbotsford fully maintains its popularity as a show-place, and it is evident that Sir Walter Scott has not lost his hold upon the public, either in Europe or in America. Tne library and the four other rooms which contain Sir W alter’s books, curiosities, personal relics, and articles of virtu, are open on certain days during several mouths in the year on payment of a small fee, and during last year the net revenue which Mrs. Max-well-Scott, the owner of the place, derived from this source was £419.